Christopher Wilson
yourWineOh!
Enthusiast of fermented libations and promoting the wine lifestyle. Wine consultant, blogger, banker, biker, and former wine retailer.
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The next time you are feeling intimidated buying wine in a restaurant, remember who is paying the check. If anyone should feel performance anxiety, it is the server or wine waiter, whose job it is to make you feel comfortable and, ideally, to impress you with a wine recommendation in whatever price range you specify, not the other way around.
– Great Wine Made Simple, Andrea Immer Robinson #wine -
Expensive wine and cheap plonk taste the same to most people →
~ The Guardian #wine
Ignore the wine snobs. A good wine is one YOU like!
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Why do smart kids grow up to be heavier drinkers? →
~ The Week #wine
Source: fuckingterraza
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Dirty Jobs: Winemaker Video →
It’s a dirty job, but someone’s got to do it!
Source: marviny
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FREE Wine Tasting with Guillermo Donnerstag from Argentina - Twin Cities →
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CONNOISSEUR, n. A specialist who knows everything about something and nothing about anything else.
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Climate change: more alcoholic wines →
landusejournal: #wine
Vineyards in Priorat (Tarragona), with the town of Porrera in the background. Photo credit: Josep Lluis Sellart
The Third World Congress on Climate Change and Wine was held in Marbella about two weeks ago. In addition to higher alcohol content, wine experts are finding wines’ “natural acidity will also be lower, some reds will lose their color, others will lose their flavor, many whites will be deprived of their typical qualities, and there may be a greater proportion of reds to whites. Against this extreme scenario, analysts said that indigenous grapes would resist (climate change) better than imports.”
Source: El Pais.com in English
But Grenache is here to save the day. For all Mediterranean wineries.
(via marviny)
Source: landusejournal
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On Wine: With or without food? →
- San Jose Mercury News #wine
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The sales 'sweet spot' for a bottle of wine has come down from $40 in 2009 to $15 or $20 today. →
most wine store owners, far from declaring business as back to normal, are describing a new normal, one in which the high-margin sales of wines in the $50 to $150 range are difficult — indeed, some would say they’re almost a thing of the past.
Makes sense when you consider all the research that shows that consumers can’t really tell the difference between cheaper wines and more expensive ones in blind taste tests :)
(via marviny)
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FIRST DATE MISTAKE!
#wine
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